As long as you don't go any later than the week of April 10 - the week of April 17 runs into the start of Passover. Thanks, Andy On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Fred Baker (fred) <fred@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Jul 20, 2012, at 9:36 AM, Joel jaeggli wrote: > >> On 7/20/12 09:06 , IETF Administrative Director wrote: >>> The IAOC is seeking community feedback on a proposed date change for IETF 95 >>> scheduled for March 2016. >>> >>> Currently IETF 95 is scheduled for 27 March to 1 April 2016. 27 March is Easter. >>> >>> The IAOC is proposing IETF 95 be rescheduled for 20 - 25 March 2016 and would like >>> feedback on those dates before making a decision. Comments appreciated to ietf@xxxxxxxx >>> by 6 August 2012. >> >> 20 march is palm sunday on the western calender. >> >> If one's a conflict presumably the other is too... > > I personally avoid being away from home on Easter, and would prefer that the IETF meeting avoid it. > > Yes, Palm Sunday is a question, but not quite on the same scale as Easter. I will note, however, that Good Friday (the Friday before Easter) is a national holiday in a number of countries. People schedule vacations around that weekend. > > My suggestion: take the week of April 3 or later.